Dang when does the nonsense stop…
University of Waterloo study “finds”… Teenage boys are more likely to light up if their schools are located near a variety store that sells cigarettes, according to a new study.…
2011
Some Politicians Should Stay Off Social Media
I think Giorgio Mammoliti may be starting to realize this.
How to win an election: go knock on doors
This is all true -- but gosh it's hard hard hard to get a " a cadre of people who will carry your message and be motivated to knock on…
Showing the rich people we can do what we want
Booman notes this BBC interview with two young English women looting a liquor store and he discusses what America should learn from the England riots:Different countries chose different ways of…
How To Embed Sustainability Into Corporate Culture: A Cheat Sheet
93% of CEOs see sustainability as important to their company’s future success, as found by a UN-Accenture study. But how does one embed sustainability into a company’s core culture? Dr.…
Thoughts on “Why not print money?”
Richard Gilbert’s “Why not print money?” in the Globe’s Economy Lab toys with more radical monetary intervention as a response to the crisis. Desperate times, they say, call for desperate…
Six clouds in progress 4
I think these are as done as I can make them. Filed under: art, painting Tagged: acrylic, art, canvas, cloud, orange, painting, red, white, wind, yellow
BBQing meat and cancer…
If this is true, I’m screwed…. The question I’ve heard that barbecued food is cancer causing. Should I avoid it altogether this summer? The answer Yes, there is evidence to…
Communities At Risk from Gas Industry Air Pollution – Interview with NRDC’s Amy Mall
Picture 2.png The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is busy trying to figure out why communities near gas production facilities are experiencing life-threatening levels of hydrogen sul...
Shale gas protests in New Brunswick
Some interesting signs included: “No fracking way” “What the frack?” Another good sign will be “Mr. Alward (the Premier of NB) Frack off.” And many more. It would look that…
Let the record show
It was a bit less than two years ago that government lawyers, on behalf of CSIS, spiked their own evidence in the matter of the Security Certificate on Adil Charkaoui…
Coca Cola sponsors the Pope
What would Jesus do? Would he take a trip to Spain that cost the Spanish taxpayers, in the midst of a severe economic crisis, $80 million while accepting sponsorship from…
Graham Fraser’s So-called Secret Shoppers
Graham Fraser, Canada's commissioner of official languages, has kicked off a bit of a kerfuffle in the nation's capital over a recently announced plan to investigate the state of bilingualism…
Ford Nation planning to fill city boards with unqualified conservative cronies
Toronto News: Ford accused of stacking public appointments - thestar.comEarly this year, we saw Case Ootes appointed to completely replace the TCHC board, and then Gordon Chong (part of Rob…
Murdoch-Fox Journalism is not Postmodern, it is Dishonest
Canadians were taken by surprise a month ago by the sudden resignation of CTV Quebec City Bureau Chief, Kai Nagata. "Nagata's personal experience is an in-the-flesh example of how the…
The Ongoing Devolution of Toronto
Perhaps it stems from a sense of inadequacy, a measure of paranoia, or a recognition that when all is said or done, they are just not up to the job,…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Marc Lee tears into the "unfunded liabilities" spin on public benefits which is now making an appearance in Canada: (W)hat’s missing from this…
Still feigned indignation
At the very least, the media finally seems to have picked up on the reality that all Canadian national parties include some former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists in their ranks.…
HST Voter Turnout – Secret Warehouse Lets Sun Shine In!
AllTheScrutineersThatDon'tFitE-BCVille Yup. That's right. The image above actually shows the super secret warehouse and the seventy fine folks who are participating in the Oompa-Loompalooza (i.e. counting and verifying the HST…
Fashion, sexism and classical music – Pianist Yuja Wang’s dress creates war of words among reviewers
"Her dress Tuesday was so short and tight that had there been any less of it, the Bowl might have been forced to restrict admission to any music lover under…